Wild beaver kits born in Norfolk for first time in more than 500 years | Animals
Wild beaver kits have been born in Norfolk for the first time in more than 500 years. The…
Starwatch: Lunar eclipse to reward early risers in UK and Europe | The moon
The early hours of Friday 28 August will reward very early risers in the UK, Europe and Africa…
In 1979, Canadian fisherman Édouard Arsenault got a postcard from his daughter that inspired him to build an entire village from more than 25,000 recycled glass bottles
A postcard from his daughter sparked an extraordinary idea for Canadian fisherman and carpenter Édouard T. Arsenault, who…
Voyager 1: What Is a Light-Day
The milestone Voyager 1 is closing in on is about distance, not time. And it’s very, very far.…
Bird flu suspected to have spread to seal at key breeding ground off Kangaroo Island
A suspected case of H5 bird flu has been detected in a seal at a key breeding ground,…
Antarctic bacteria share ‘life-support’ genes to survive extreme conditions
Antarctica is one of the driest, coldest places on Earth. Very little life survives its extremes. In the…
‘I love it. It’s hope’: the mysterious self-willed wildflower meadow that seeded itself | Biodiversity
Tucked away on a country lane, a small field bursts with yellow and pink flowers. Quail and whitethroats…
Trump to award Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II astronauts
President Donald J. Trump will present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to each member of NASA’s Artemis…
New PNG snake species named after Guns N’ Roses lead guitarist
A newly discovered species of snake has been named after the lead guitarist, Slash, of Guns N’ Roses.…
A round-trip Mars mission could last roughly three years, and a model based on bone-density data from 69 astronauts predicted that everyone following the longer mission profile would return with osteopenia, while roughly one-third could be at risk of osteoporosis.
No astronaut has returned from Mars with osteopenia. No human being has travelled to Mars at all. The…
30 dead after Guinea landfill collapse from torrential rain landslide
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Rescue mission canceled for NASA’s Swift space telescope
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory has been called off, dooming the telescope to…